Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2012 14:51:49 -0800 From: "Ronald F. Guilmette" <rfg@tristatelogic.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Advanced Format Drive ? Message-ID: <26202.1353019909@tristatelogic.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211151456450.66706@wonkity.com>
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In message <alpine.BSF.2.00.1211151456450.66706@wonkity.com>, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: >> It wouldn't hurt to add the above info to your tutorial page. > >The problem with that sort of detail is that too much of it obscures the >point, which in this case is just trying to show the right way to set up >disks without overwhelming the reader. <personal opinion> Some things are inherently overwhelming, and there is no use to try to hide the fact. It just makes matters worse. </personal opinion> >> P.S. I really do think that it is a serious omission that the gpart(8) >> man page doesn't really say anything regarding proper or desirable use >> of the "add -a" option. If it were up to me, I'd put in just a couple >> of short notes that would say at least something about 4K being Good and >> Desirable for modern drives, and 1M being Good and Desirable for SSDs. >> >> But maybe that kind of info does really belong in something more like >> an actual tutorial document... you know... something like, um, your's. > >I can see it both ways. A short mention of those values in that section >of gpart(8) would be helpful. The 1M value is controversial to some >people. Yeabut for some people, even evolution is "controversial". >Of course, some people think that calling bare bsdlabel disks >"dangerously dedicated" or using an MBR is controversial. Actually, you can count me among the folks who think that the adjective "dangerously" may be stretching it a bit, in this context.
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